● Dr. C. C. Labandeira – National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; University of Maryland at College Park, USA; and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

● Mr. P. Smetacek – Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India (Butterflies and moths, taxonomy as well as their use as bio-indicators for judging the health of forest and other ecosystems, with a view to stabilizing groundwater)